Bentayga EWB Mulliner Is Bentley’s New Flagship
Buyers get to choose from nearly 4,000 tri-tone interior themes.
Rimac Nevera Continues To Set New Records
In case you’ve forgotten, lifetime production for the Rimac Nevera is restricted to 150 units. So, the chances of you spotting one on the run are extremely less. However, there’s a special version of the already limited-run hypercar. And it’s called the Rimac Nevera Time Attack. Unveiled at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, in Monterey this year, the uniquely named specimen is the one-of-twelve planned. It recently took a speedy stroll around the fearsome Nurburgring. And guess what! It shattered the previous lap record for production EVs by 20 seconds. It lapped the 20.6km stretch of “The Green Hell” in 7 minutes and 5.298 seconds.
Earlier this year, the Rimac Nevera claimed the title of the fastest-ever electric production car to complete the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb. Before that, it set 23 performance records in one day, including a 0-400-0kmph sprint-brake stint in under 30 seconds.
Volkswagen India Was Super Busy Last Week
Besides opening multiple touchpoints in Gujarat, the carmaker delivered 150 cars in Kerala on day 1 of Onam.
The Bentley Blower Jnr Will Turn Heads And Drop Jaws
The Little Car Company helped reincarnate an icon from 1929.
DAE And CALC Reach Agreement For 64 Boeing 737 Max Jets
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) confirms that an affiliate has inked an agreement to acquire the rights, interests, and obligations to 64 Boeing 737 Max aircraft from a subsidiary of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (CALC). The count includes units of 737-8, 737-9 and 737-10 derivatives. The delivery of the aeroplanes will be completed by 2026.
With this acquisition of aeroplanes, the percentage of new-gen aircraft in DAE’s fleet will increase from 50 to 66 per cent. Also, DAE’s owned, managed, committed, and mandated-to-manage aircraft fleet will bump to 550, valued at nearly USD 20 billion. The UAE-based firm says the transaction with CALC will likely be completed in the third quarter of this year.
A Milestone For GEnx Jet Engines
GE Aerospace confirms that its GEnx engines have surpassed the 50 million flight hours mark in less than 12 years – the fastest-ever rate for a commercial widebody engine. The engine family is also the fastest-selling in GE history, with nearly 3,000 units in service and on backlog, including spares.
The GEnx-1B, which propels the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family, has accumulated close to 32 million flight hours since entering service in 2012. On the other hand, the GEnx-2B has amassed 18 million hours since it began service in 2011 on the Boeing 747-8. Combined, the engine family serves over 70 operators worldwide with a monthly average of 450,000 flight hours. Over the years, the GEnx engines have played their part in some of the longest flights, including a record-breaking trip in 2020 between Papeete in French Polynesia and Paris. That flight covered 9,765 miles, which converts into 15,715km or 8,485 nautical miles.